Engineering: American vs. German

[bluevette74]

close enough! Hitler did use vw's in northern africa during world war II, he wanted a car that didn't depend on a radiator since a radiator is easy to shoot and with out one no car could servive in africa! If you ever want to piss off a auto parts salesman, just ask him for an upper radiator hose for a 70's Bug!

[Cannabis]

I think I am going to call auto zone tommorow, and as them for one.
If I could get any car under 50k I would only consider the Z06, and the M3. Would be a really hard choice though. Would probably be the M3 though because it can seat 4, and has a trunk. But as a second car I would get The Z06.

[hakka]

the Z06 has a trunk too, not sure of the capacity, though

[gang$tarr]

Originally posted by Septiem
A few months back Car and Driver had a a comparison test of a Corvette Convertible -1
Porsche Boxster S -2
SLK 32 AMG -3
BMW M Roadster -4

and they finished in that order
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Germans build great cars, but you pay for them
you just get more for you money with american cars

i don't think the corvette convertible should be compared to those....
the vette compared with roadsters, doesn't seem right

[gang$tarr]

american engineering? ................................................ what engineering? lol
i don't think it takes too much skill to stick an 8 liter motor in a car and make it fast
i still like the viper though

edit: wow, i forgot i already posted on this thread.. lol

[Rich]

Originally posted by gang$tarr

edit: wow, i forgot i already posted on this thread.. lol

[Lizard King]

Originally posted by jinushaun

Well considering the ramifications of WW2 and the Cold War, of course neither Japan nor Germany were major players.

No, but Russia was.

America is the most technologically advanced country in the world, look at the military hardware and NASA.

G$, that was really ignorant of you in your last post.

[jinushaun]

Originally posted by Lizard King
No, but Russia was.

America is the most technologically advanced country in the world, look at the military hardware and NASA.

I think you misunderstood my comment. Someone said look at NASA and the space program as an example of American engineering. My argument, is that this doesn't apply [to the automobile engineering debate] since Japan (and Germany?) was not allowed to have an army because of WW2--let alone research military technology (unless it served the interest of the US). Case in point, everybody has heard about the BMW airplane story. So of course the US and Russia has better military and space technology. Also, the big push for the space program was mainly a result the USSR launching Sputnik and it became an aspect of the Cold War. We were racing with the Russians. It's simple economics, competition leads to better products and more research. It's no wonder the US has such advanced military and space technology.

Disclaimer: I'm not a historian, so some of this may be coming out of my ass.

[bluevette74]

hey gangstar the corvette only has 5.7L. Every country has its advantages and disadvantages, but I will say that engineering is not a disadvantage for the U.S.

[Lizard King]

Originally posted by jinushaun

I think you misunderstood my comment. Someone said look at NASA and the space program as an example of American engineering. My argument, is that this doesn't apply [to the automobile engineering debate] since Japan (and Germany?) was not allowed to have an army because of WW2--let alone research military technology (unless it served the interest of the US). Case in point, everybody has heard about the BMW airplane story. So of course the US and Russia has better military and space technology. Also, the big push for the space program was mainly a result the USSR launching Sputnik and it became an aspect of the Cold War. We were racing with the Russians. It's simple economics, competition leads to better products and more research. It's no wonder the US has such advanced military and space technology.

Disclaimer: I'm not a historian, so some of this may be coming out of my ass.

The way people were talking it sounded like they meant all American engineering, not just cars.

[jinushaun]

*shrug* I dunno?!? I just assumed automobile engineering since it's in the Cars in General section and Car Comparison subsection. That's why I pointed out why the space program example didn't make sense.

[F20C]

Originally posted by bluevette74
hey gangstar the corvette only has 5.7L. Every country has its advantages and disadvantages, but I will say that engineering is not a disadvantage for the U.S.

He was talking about Viper.

[gang$tarr]

Originally posted by F20C


He was talking about Viper.

yup